April 12, 2018
…San Diego Associated Students president. Figueroa is a first-generation college student from Coachella, which is home to many farmworker communities. Figueroa said Huerta has been a big influence on her. “What inspires me [to get involved] was growing up in Coachella and my parents… in my community, working people have…
October 7, 2021
…centers: the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, which helped to put UC San Diego on the global map in both fields. He authored, co-authored or edited over 300 publications and is a frequent contributor to national and international news media. He advised presidential candidates…
October 22, 2020
…and environment department, PAS President Joachim Von Braun and UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco. U.S. Congressman Scott Peters sent a video message. Welcome remarks were delivered by UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and deans Cheryl Anderson, Margaret Leinen and Carol Padden. “I think the planet is going to…
February 13, 2014
…Medal of Science by President Barack Obama, Venter and his team sequenced the first full genome of a free-living organism, the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae, in 1995. He made worldwide headlines again in 2000 when his team tied a rival team in a furious race to be the first to sequence…
April 23, 2020
…said Spencer Louie, vice president of UC San Diego Esports and a senior studying cell biology and psychology. “Online interaction is at an all-time high and gaming is fulfilling a social requirement that humans have.” According to Louie, the UC San Diego gaming community is one of the strongest nationwide,…
October 7, 2021
…a member (and former president) of UC San Diego’s Underground Scholars Initiative—a student organization connecting formerly incarcerated students and students directly impacted by a loved one being incarcerated. The organization provides a safe haven for individuals with similar backgrounds and support for academic success. This year, Gomez helped bridge UC…
November 9, 2017
…became the first female president of the American Astronomical Society. In 1979, she was appointed the first director of UC San Diego’s Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, was recruited in 1989 to head the California Space Institute on the campus and…
April 26, 2018
…of its type in U.S., will explore whether cannabis compound eases severe symptoms of autism Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of dozens of compounds found in the cannabis plant. But unlike its more notorious chemical cousin tetrahydrocannabinol or THC—the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana—CBD produces no euphoric “high.” Still, there is emerging…
October 3, 2019
…now the founder and president of the California Medical Innovations Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance translation of diagnostics and therapeutics for the improvement of human health. Fung as a mentor Many of the Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers Fung mentored went on to…
June 7, 2022
…“We came to the U.S to have a better life since our home country is not stable and doesn’t have a functioning government,” Omar shared. “And now I’m here graduating from one of the best universities in the world and becoming a U.S. citizen. I’m where I dreamed I would…
